Detonating device.



No. 709,197. Patented Sept. 16, I902. J. H. BEVINGTON.

DETDNATING DEVICE.

(Appficntion filed. Aug. 29, 1901.)

(No Mo deI.)

UNITED STATES JAMES H. BEVINGTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DETONATlNG DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,197, dated September 16, 1902.

Application filed August 29, 1901. Serial No. 73.678- (No model- To all whom, it ntcty concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES H. BEVINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detonating Devices; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to detonating devices; and the invention consists in a detouator having a'battery of barrels and constructed and operating substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of my improved detonator supported upon a cane or standard, as it usually is when ready for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the detonator, somewhat enlarged over Fig. l and partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation thereof, with a section of the handle. Fig. 4 is an edge elevation of the sections of the detonating-head, shown slightly separated; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the handle-socket and support for the detonator.

In the construction of a detonator as thus shown and described I provide a circular detonating-head formed in two sections or sides 2 and 3, respectively, and provided with a series of radiating barrels 4, formed one-half in each section and terminating near the center of said sections in right-angled discharges through the bottom of the head, but leaving a wall at the center through which the sections are engaged and united with the handle and socket, as will appear. Each barrel has its own discharge 5 in said bottom, as described, and the cartridge 6 beinginserted through the periphery of the head and having its own head overlapping the narrow edges of the said sections, so as to be readily struck 'upon the pavement or other hard object and caused to explode without striking the head itself against the pavement. The

two sections 2 and 3 are therefore close together and are no larger in cross-section than the cartridges require. The several barrels 4 are far enough apart to enable a single shell to be struck and exploded at the time and yet are near enough to enable a com paratively large number of barrels to be used, thus affording room for a large number of cartridges and a series of rapid explosions.

The foregoing construction contemplates a suitable socket member or part 13, adapted to support a handle or cane O and constructed to carry the head A of the detonator. Said socket is'provided with a stem 10, projecting from its center, and said stem in this instance is smooth about its base and threaded near its end, and section 3 of the detonator-head is engaged over said smooth portion and outer section 2 over the threaded portion. The two sections of the head are therefore separate parts and are only brought into conjunction when placed upon the standardsocket, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. When thus brought together for use, the barrels 4: are of course designed to be brought into perfect register in the sections, and the said sections are fastened together firmly upon the socket B by rotating them together on stem 10, which causes the outer section to press upon the inner section and lock both sections. When thus secured, as in Fig. 3, the head is ready to be loaded with cartridges and used. Then after firing to remove the cartridge-shells the entire head is given a slight rotation to loosen the outer section 2; but a very slight movement is required to do this, whereupon the shells are removed, the sections are again tightened,and the head is recharged and ready for use.

In use the cartridges fit closely enough in their barrels to hold their places in the head, and they are discharged successively by holding the cane or handle in inclined position and striking the head of the cartridge upon the pavement, as already described, and thus produce ignition and explosion.

Both sides of head A are preferably flat outside and together constitute a head of practically a shell form, being no heavier than required to sustain the explosions and the striking of the head on the pavement for this purpose. At their edges they are best slightly curved and beveled away, as seen at 8, so as to more fully expose the cartridges.

What I claim is- 1. A detonating-head formed in two sections and provided with a series of radially- IOO cular detonating-head with a flat bottom and a series of barrels therein open at its periphery and about its center and bottom, and a handle having a stem with a smooth base portion and a threaded outer portion on which said head is separably-supported, substantially as dsecribed.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification this 24th day of August, 1901.

JAMES H. BEVINGTON. Witnesses:

' R. B. MOSER,

H. E. MUDRA. 

